Salt Lake County: summary of important takeaways:
- One new ranked peak: the previously-soft-ranked Peak 8192 in the Emigration Canyon area
- Peak 9773 on the Wildcat Ridge lost its ranked status
- White Baldy is higher than Pfeifferhorn and may be higher than Broads Fork Twins as well, making it the 3rd or 2nd highest peak in the county
- Broads Fork Twins' east peak, Honeycomb Cliffs' northwest peak, South Thunder (in comparison to North Thunder), and Perkins's north peak are higher than their other candidate high points, and correctly listed in LoJ
- Peak 7824's south bump, and Little Mountain's central bump (one south of the current LoJ high point) are higher than their other candidate high points, and currently incorrectly listed in LoJ
- Lookout Peak's east high point had a higher elevation in the LIDAR data, but within one foot of the west high point; this one is probably in the too-close-to-call realm
- Several other wild swings in elevations and prominences of peaks occurred, but not in ways to affect any other peak's ranked status or change the lists of 11ers/10ers/etc.
- New ranked peak: Lightning Peak
- Timpanogos and Flat Top are indeed the 5000+ foot prominence high points of their respective areas, beating out South Timp and Lowe Peak
- The western Twin Peak (the one near Strawberry Reservoir) is likely taller than Strawberry Peak by less than one foot, meaning that Strawberry Peak is completely de-ranked and the West Twin becomes a 1000+ foot prominence peak. However, this is within the too-close-to-call realm, and to be fully confident that you've summited the true prominent peak I would summit both.
Personally, I'm most interested in the peaks in the Wasatch Range around Salt Lake County. So my first bit of analysis focused on all the high points in LoJ with at least 200 feet of prominence on or near the WURL: a total of 24 peaks.
So far, there's no new ranked peaks, but I've managed to confirm a few things and found a few interesting discoveries:
- White Baldy overtook Pfeifferhorn as the third-highest peak in Salt Lake County: 11327 to 11321 feet. White Baldy also came in at only 1.5 feet lower than Broads Fork Twins (11328 feet); it's not outside the realm of possibility that White Baldy may truly be the second-highest peak in the county only behind American Fork Twins.
- The east peak of Broads Fork Twins is indeed the high point, as is the northwest peak of the Honeycomb Cliffs. I also confirmed South Thunder as higher than North Thunder, which remains unranked.
- Devils Castle gained over 50 feet in elevation and just missed out on joining the realm of 11ers at 10996 feet, although it is still unranked.
- In contrast, Hidden Peak lost 40 feet in elevation. Snowbird has drastically altered the peak's profile and it no longer anywhere close to 11000 feet.
- The Bells Cleaver's saddle lost 33 feet of elevation, which would have been enough for the peak to gain ranked status...but the peak itself also lost 9 feet, and it remains unranked.
Unfortunately the big question will have to wait: there's currently no LIDAR data on The National Map near Kings Peak. But based on my trip there last summer...it wouldn't surprise me if South Kings is indeed higher. It certainly looked higher to me!